Quasi-static test

The VT of the quasi-static test has in total 4 scenes, including 3 panoramas and one 360-degree video. Panorama footages are conduced from the column element at the beginning of each test, once from the column without damage at the hinge area, and once after the damaged element from the first test is repaired by polyurethane material and is about to be tested again under the same load cases. The third panorama scene depicts the whole test setup from another viewpoint. The 360-degree video has been employed to show an overview of the laboratory and test setup, as well as providing users with an understanding about how slowly the column element is moving during each cycle of loading.

The information hotspots embedded within this VT have above all the following functions:

• 2D footage from the hinge area, before and after crack propagation
• Close-up view of cracks and test equipment, including data acquisition systems
• Diagrams of loading cases at the end of each test
• Time-lapses of column element deflections at the end of each test
• Raw data of the sensor recording at the end of each test

The latter hotspot is designed as a “download button”, meaning that at the end of the tour, students have to download the raw sensor data. This function helps educators with coupling the VT as a learning object with other course activities and assignments, i.e. if students want to access the raw sensor data to work on an assignment based on them, they have to try the VT at least once on the desktop. The VT has been published in desktop and VR versions and have been provided to students. click here to view the tour ...